Quaker Pastor Rounds Out Lititz Storytelling Festival Speakers

Philip Gulley will join other storytellers to entertain with wit and wisdom at the Lititz Storytelling Festival, Sept. 11 and 12. He returns to the Lititz Storytelling Festival by request of audiences, who have delighted in his humorous stories and his humble, authentic storytelling style.

A Quaker pastor, Philip Gulley is the author of 19 books, including the best-selling Harmony series of novels, chronicling life in the eccentric Quaker community of Harmony, Ind. He’s the author of the Porch Talk series of inspirational and humorous stories, and has just released the second in his Hope series of novels, “A Lesson in Hope.”

The Wallstreet Journal has observed that Philip Gulley has a “charming sense of small town life — and a shrewd sense of life in general — a self-deprecating narrator who exaggerates in a witty way.”

Philip Gulley is the host of the television program, “Porch Talk with Phil Gulley” on the Indiana PBS affiliate WFYI, for which he received Emmy Awards in 2007 and 2009. He writes the popular monthly “Home Again” column for Indianapolis Monthly and is a regular contributor to The Saturday Evening Post.

Philip Gulley will perform in each storytelling concert; Friday at 7 p.m.; and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Each performance will feature different stories. He will also lead a Saturday 9:30 a,m. workshop, “Learn to Use Storytelling to Cool-Off Hot Potato Issues” — a seminar for everyone who wants to learn how to share their story and experience in a manner that demonstrates respect for other points of view, with goodwill and good humor.

The workshops will be held at the Warwick Middle School Auditorium, 401 Maple St. Ticket purchase is available online at LititzStorytellingFestival.net and at the door. To learn more, call 508-4060.